| Faculty Member |
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Research
Description |
Areas of Research |
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Leon J. Carlock
313-577-1013
lcarlock@genetics.wayne.edu
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Molecular neurobiology;
Huntington disease; neuron-specific gene
expression; demyelinating disease. |
Neurosciences |
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Erin Carmany, MS,
CGC
313-577-9138
ecarmany@med.wayne.edu |
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Genetic counseling in the Spanish speaking
population, alternative genetic counseling
service models
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Genetic
counseling |
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Gerald
Feldman
313-577-9139
gfeldman@med.wayne.edu
|
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Use of molecular technologies
in the diagnosis of genetic diseases, clinical
genetics, and dysmorphology; educational
programs in medical genetics residency
training. |
Genetics
Genetics Counseling
Medical Genetics |
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Russell
L. Finley, Jr.
313-577-7845
rfinley@wayne.edu
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Regulatory networks that
control cell proliferation; cell cycle
regulation during development; high throughput
technologies to study protein interaction
networks. |
Cancer Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology Genetics.
Proteomics |
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Alexander
Gow
313-577-9401
agow@med.wayne.edu
|
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Role of unfolded protein
response in neurodegenerative diseases;
molecular characterization of the regulation
of axoglial junction assembly in CNS myelin;
molecular characterization of the claudin
family of integral membrane tight junction
proteins during development in brain, testes,
and inner ear using transgenic and homologous
recombination in embryonic stem cells. |
Cell & Molecualar Biology
Developmental Biology
Genomics
Medical Genetics
Neurosciences
Proteomics |
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Lawrence
I. Grossman
313-577-5326
l.grossman@wayne.edu
|
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Molecular Genetics and
evolution of the electron transport chain;
cytochrome c oxidase; mitochondria and
mitochondrial diseases. |
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Molecular Evolution
Neurosciences |
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Henry
H.Q. Heng
313-577-9544
hheng@med.wayne.edu
|
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Molecular cytogenetics; genome
structure and function; genomic instability
and cancer progression. |
Cancer Biology
Chromatin Structure & Function
Genomics |
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Maik
Hüttemann
313-577-9150
maik@genetics.wayne.edu
|
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Function of cytochrome c
oxidase isoforms, oxygen sensing, and role of
mitochondria in cancer. |
Cancer Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology Genetics
Medical genetics
Neurosciences
Proteomics |
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John A.
Kamholz
313-577-0925
jkamholz@genetics.wayne.edu
|
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Regulation of myelination;
molecular pathophysiology of demyelinating
disease. |
Neurosciences |
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Gregory
Kapatos
313-577-5965
gkapato@med.wayne.edu
|
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Cellular and molecular biology
of monoamine neurotransmitter secreting
neurons. |
Neurosciences |
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Stephen
A. Krawetz
313-577-6770
steve@compbio.med.wayne.edu
|
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Gene Therapy; control of
development and differentiation; expression of
connective tissue genes and genes controlling
spermatogenesis; computer-assisted sequence
analysis. |
Bioinformatics
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromatin Structure & Function
Developmental Biology
Gene Therapy
Genetics
Genomics
Medical Genetics |
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Markku
Kurkinen
313-577-1027
markku@genetics.wayne.edu
|
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Extracellular matrix;
metalloproteinases; gene regulation;
development. |
Genetics |
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Wayne
D. Lancaster
313-577-0028
lancaster@wayne.edu
|
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Papillomaviruses: molecular
biology, evolution, and role in human
carcinogenesis; cancer cell genome
instability; ovarian carcinogenesis. |
Cancer Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Medical Genetics |
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Susan
Land
313-577-9605
sland@med.wayne.edu
|
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Genomics |
Cancer Biology Genetics
Medical Genetics
Neurosciences |
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Li Li
313-577-8749
lili@med.wayne.edu
|
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Gene regulation during
cardiovascular and hematopoietic development. |
Cell & Molecular Biology
Developmental Biology |
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Leonard Lipovich
313-577-9683
llipovich@med.wayne.edu
|
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Genomic complexity; bioinformatics and
functional genomics of long noncoding-RNA
transcripts; primate- specific genes;
computing the genomic basis of species
phenotypic uniqueness.
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Bioinformatics
Genetics
Genomics |
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Francesca
Luca
313-577-1152
fluca@wayne.edu
|
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Functional and population
genomics of intermediate phenotypes.
Gene-environment interactions. |
Functional genomics,
population genetics, bioinformatics, genetics.
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Roger Pique-Regi
(313) 577-0719
rpiquere@med.wayne.edu
|
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Computational methods and statistical models
that integrate large datasets |
Bioinformatics |
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Fei
Song
313-577-1375
fsong@med.wayne.edu
|
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Immunomodulation,
immunothereapy, molecular signal pathway and
targeted therapeutics in human neurological
disorder diseases including multiple sclerosis
(MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
as well as their animal models. |
Neurosciences
Medical Genetics
Cellular and Molecular Immunology |
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Michael
Tainsky
313-578-4340
tainskym@karmanos.org
|
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Cancer genetic studies of
familial cancers to determine the inherited
cancer genes, analyze the mechanism of their
action, and factors affecting genetic
penetrance of the cancer phenotype. |
Bioinformatics
cancer Biology
Cell & Molecualr Biology
Genetic Counseling
Genetics
Genomics
Proteomics |
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Angela
M. Trepanier
313-577-3425
atrepani@med.wayne.edu
|
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Educational programs in human
genetics and genetic counseling; cancer
genetics. |
Genetic Counseling
Medical Genetics |
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Jeffrey
Tseng
313-577-0498
ytseng3@med.wayne.edu
|
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Protein structure, function,
classification and evolution;
Disease-associated non-synonymous
single-nucleotide polymorphism;
Geometric matching techniques;
Geometric modeling and molecular simulation |
Computational Structural
Biology
Molecular Structural Evolution
Bioinformatics |
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Monica
Uddin
313-577-3265
monica.uddin@wayne.edu
|
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Molecular
underpinnings of commonly occurring
mood-anxiety disorders, with a particular
emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) |
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Molecular genetics
Medical Genetics |
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Derek
E. Wildman
313-577-1253
dwildman@genetics.wayne.edu
|
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Molecular Evolution of Birth
and Reproduction; Comparative Genomics;
Aerobic Metabolism; Molecular Anthropology;
Primate Evolution; Phylogeography; Mammalian
Systematics. |
Bioinformatics
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Molecular Evolution |
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Kezhong
Zhang
313-577-2669
kzhang@med.wayne.edu |
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Intracellular stress signaling
from the endoplasmic reticulum and
mitochondria; unfolded protein response and
inflammation in metabolic diseases. |
Cell and molecular Biology
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Immunology
Signal Transduction |
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Ren
Zhang
313-577-0027
rzhang@med.wayne.edu |
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Obesity and diabetes;
the leptin signaling pathway and mechanisms of
leptin resistance;
comparative genomics. |
Molecular genetics |
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